This is the time to remember, though they will not last forever...

[mansionstaff]

Who: Everybody! Yeeaaah!
What: Graduation and Prom!
When: The evening of June 8th.
Where: The Stadium.
Warnings: Everything. Everyone. You know who you are. You Know Who You Are.

Whether you've been here every year for what seems like eternity, or this is your first time, nothing quite compares to the feeling of Graduation Day.



The Stadium was decked out in school colors and the lights were bright. The stage was simple, classy and bereft of decoration barring the happy, smiling faces of your Headmasters and Teachers. (Those of them who do smile, at any rate.) Congratulations on your impending steps forward, those of you who made it through the school year! Hope your gowns are clean and your hats are appropriately be-tassled!

Of course, such pomp and circumstance can't go on forever. Once all the formalities and diplomas and congratulatory Hand shakes are out of the way, we have Prom! There's tables and chairs set up at the other end of the Stadium, and a huge table covered in all manner of finger foods guaranteed not to dribble or splatter on your rental tux or beautiful dress - so long as you're careful, anyway. And don't forget the dance floor and the plethora of music picked just for all of you to dance to! Tonight should be a night to remember!

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[[OOC: Hey there, Smashies! You know the drill, right? It's Graduation! Here's last year's if you need a refresher on how this works. The basics go like this - Graduatiuon itself is broken into several parts. Once the last part, Dismissal, is posted up, that's your cue to make your own top-level threads for Prom! But please don't hesitate to continue tagging Graduation stuff.

If you have any problems, don't hesitate to ping a Mod!]]

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[mach_n_roll]

Sonic murmurs a bit when she purrs, visibly melting into the kiss. Oh jeez, if she only knew what that does to him...

"...Where?" He mutters when he regains his head. He takes up her hands and starts off, slowly building up speed.

"Actually, that doesn't matter that much!"

From the courtyard, to the paths, down the hills and along the edge of the forest they run. Lanterns become points of light, scattered around the silhouette of the school in the distance.

[vela_nova]

Blaze was a little slower than normal, bunching up her skirt to make the run easier, and holding back on her flames to avoid singing it. But she kept pace as best she could, just watching the scenery flit by as they took off. "Sometimes I wish I could live like you do," she said as she closed in on him. "Just running from pace to place, without a care in the world..."

[mach_n_roll]

"I just care about what's important, that's all." He says, looking at her as they run shoulder-to-shoulder. A short slide down a mossy hill and into a thicket and he skids to stop, catching her if she needs the help.

"You know, things like you."

[vela_nova]

The sudden stop surprised her, and with holding on to her dress she wasn't quite ready to stop as fast as he was. Fortunately he caught her, and she swung around, holding on to him as she came to a stop. "Thanks for that," she told him.

"And thank you, for... Being you," she said, smiling. "Even a year ago I never imagined we'd be like this. But I'm so glad we are."

[mach_n_roll]

He grins, and sneaks a small kiss and a stroke to the side of her face.

...Well. It starts out small, anyway. That wonderful, nameless force between them takes hold and he sets her down halfway through, lacing fingers through her hair, and tracing down the side of her neck, as he lingers and deepens it.

[vela_nova]

The kiss started out small, but like a raging flame it sparked to life as it was fed. Blaze held him tight, her arms around his shoulders as they kissed, her eyes drifting shut as she purred against his soft touches. But then, that familiar feeling started to well up, as it suddenly became very warm between them.

Blaze knew this was going to happen, she shouldn't have been so naive to think it wouldn't... She broke off the kiss, taking a deep breath to steady herself, and the heat died down slowly. "I'm sorry... I lost my concentration..."

[mach_n_roll]

It was actually a good thing she stopped when she did, because his lips part with hers with a hiss of singed pain and a string of panting breaths. For a single, diseased moment with both pain and pleasure ringing across his nervous system, he starts to wonder how far he can go with her like that...

...Well. That's something he's going to have to think about later. He's got a better idea, for now.

"--No, i-it's cool." He replies. "Actually uh... I told you tonight I had somethin' for you? Well, I guess it's kinda for me too, but I figure now's about the time."

He reaches into a coat pocket, and pulls from it a strange bracelet thing that he slaps onto his own wrist. It pulses once with a red light once the connection is made.

"I picked this baby up in the volcano we checked out with Knuckles and Tails. Heh, and here I thought you could only find 'em on Angel Island..."

[vela_nova]

"Something for--" She watched him place the bracelet on curiously.

"What is it?" she asked, eyeing the object on his wrist. "You found it in the volcano?"

[mach_n_roll]

"A fire shield." He replies. "These things have saved my ass in the lava reef zone more times than I can count!" He taps the orblike jewel in our and a sphere of flickering flame manifests around them both.

"Fire can't hurt me with this on. Go on! Try it." He adds with a smirk.

[vela_nova]

"A flame shield..." Blaze didn't even realize such a thing existed. But the thought made her heart well up with hope. If this really did what he said...

She raised her hands, a trail of flames rising from her fingers and palms. She looked at him nervously, as if questioning him for at least that moment. He wouldn't have done this if he weren't sure. She took a deep breath and hesitantly reached out to take his hands with her burning ones. And to her surprise... nothing happened. He didn't singe, he didn't burn. He was fine even as her flames raged. "It... It's working...!"

But more than that, as flames licked off of her, she realized that they were contained by the flaming sphere around them. That meant... "My flames... they're being contained... How is this possible?" she asked, looking up at him with a smile starting to form.

[mach_n_roll]

He doesn't really have an answer to that. In fact, he really has no damn clue how these things work; he's just glad that it does.

"Hey, I told ya I'd figure something out." He replies instead, squeezing her hands and lacing his fingers with hers even as the flames rise from them. "Now you have a place where you can finally relax and let go..."

[vela_nova]

As flames danced from her, refusing to harm either of them no matter how hot they burned, Blaze squeezed his hands back. He did this for her... He'd done so much for her lately. But of all of them... This made her the happiest of all.

She smiled up at him. "Thank you, Sonic..." she said as she lifted herself up some on her toes to kiss him in appreciation, her flames burning hot and bright without a care. For the first time in her life, she just... let it go.